英語表現演習3 (金): Final presentation & writing assignment・期末発表・作文

Hello!

How are you? Today I will give out the final assignment for this spring semester (前学期) - a presentation with a short written composition (作文) to go with it about a product, component, or piece of equipment.

Topic & task

Prepare a short presentation about any product, component, or piece of equipment used in, or is from, not only mechanical engineering but any field of technology. This could even include IT-related digital applications or components as well. 
 


Along with this presentation, you will also write a separate composition about the same topic - basically a written version of your presentation topic. You have a choice of handwriting or typing up on Word your written composition. 

Guidelines

You have a choice of making an A3-sized poster or short Power Point display. The written component will be a compositional version of your presentation topic – it should run from 3-4 paragraphs, the longer the better.

In your presentation and writing about your product, component, or equipment, you should show:

• A short background about it (where it comes from and when it was first made)
• What it is made of
• What the key components are (if numerous, show only the most important)
• Some drawing or other schema of it (any kind of engineering drawing – or if IT-related, an algorithm and/or program that is the basis of it) 
• A short explanation of how it works
• Its use, popularity, and/or application (使用) – workplaces, schools, universities, research institutes, and so forth

Special note:
In your speaking and writing, use some of the vocabulary that you have seen and learned from the textbook, especially from the units on components and assemblies and engineering design - though you are not limited to only vocabulary from those units. 

Deadlines (締め切り) 

We will do the presentations on July 20th (7/20), so you have three (3) weeks to prepare these. You will turn in the final writing composition on July 27th (7/27).

Good luck! I look forward to seeing, and reading about, your choices of topics! 

Image: By Tim Fields from England - Focus stacked Circuit Board 1Uploaded by ComputerHotline, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23248869